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[georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at>]

thanks a lot, robyn, for this very tangible report. mabe there is a  
future in organisations after all... (which i usually doubt).

best,
georg


Am 29.09.2010 um 00:24 schrieb Robyn Francis:

> Building on the Unity within Diversity
> Reflections on APC-10
>
> I arrived home yesterday exhausted and exhilarated from the 4-day
> Australasian Permaculture Convergence in Kuranda.  I wanted to start  
> letting
> people know what a great event this had been. I wasn’t ready to  
> write at
> length so simply logged onto Facebook and posted the following  
> status to
> encapsulate my sentiments.  “home from APC10 and in the hammock  
> enjoying a
> sun shower sparkling droplets, sounds of water & distant thunder, so
> stunningly beautiful for all the senses... recovering and reflecting  
> on a
> great convergence and a new milestone in Permaculture history as a  
> pivotal
> event marking a new era of collaboration, embracing and building on  
> the
> unity within the diversity :)”
>
> APC10 brought together a convergence of over three thousand years of
> collective permaculture experience and cumulative wisdom. This  
> Australasian
> Permaculture Convergence had delegates from all Australian states and
> territories, East Timor, Bali, New Zealand and as far afield as Latin
> America and Africa.  The group represented a stimulating diversity  
> of ages
> (teens to eighties), cultures, climates and fields of practice, from  
> fresh
> PDC graduates to permaculture elders including a few notable  
> celebrities.
>
> The program included the usual inspiring and informative  
> presentations and
> discussions, there were a number of key streams including education,
> humanitarian, agriculture, urban, indigenous and a range of other  
> disparate
> and diverse topics, not to forget the lively discourses at the ‘Wet  
> Topics
> Bar’ at sundown and late evenings.
>
> There had been much pre-APC10 discussion about the national  
> organisation of
> Permaculture, the need for a national body and how this might be  
> achieved.
> Permaculture North (Sydney) had developed a detailed model, which was
> circulate pre-convergence. PIL (Permaculture International Ltd) had  
> also, as
> a result of previous convergence requests, proposed to change its  
> name to
> Permaculture Australia and invite the movement to redesign and  
> restructure
> the organisation and memberships to more effectively meet the needs  
> of the
> Australian pc community.
>
> The presentation of these two initiatives at APC10 left many with the
> initial impression of two opposing or adversarial proposals with  
> potential
> for fracturing the process. A group of concerned and skilled  
> negotiators and
> conflict resolvers quickly brought together the key parties and  
> respected
> Permaculture ‘elders’ to map the perceived ‘conflict’ and find a  
> common
> accord, as ultimately we are all working towards the same thing.   
> Within our
> diversity lies an underlying unity, through embracing and  
> celebrating our
> diversity we can build on the strength of our common ground.
>
> On the final day a participatory design and consultative process  
> gave all
> participants an opportunity to have input into defining the needs and
> functions of local and national bodies to further Permaculture and a
> steering group formed to take the outcome into solid proposals and  
> actions.
> It was an important process and indicator of the maturity of the  
> movement
> that what could have easily become an adversarial situation was  
> expediently
> resolved and an outcome achieved that reflected a broad consensus.
>
> There are so many wonderful people to thank and I have avoided  
> mentioning
> any names in this reflection. To mention only a few would be a  
> disservice to
> the many, to attempt to list all would result in a very long list  
> with a
> risk of omitting some.
> This is not intended to be a detailed report exploring the specific
> presentations and outcomes, these will emerge from numerous  
> attendees over
> the coming days, weeks months.
>
> We can look forward to the APC11 being hosted in New Zealand in 2012.
>
> Robyn Francis
>
>
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

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